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June 5, 2018 Commentary

Wedding Cake Ruling’s Silver Lining for LGBT Rights

David Mullins speaks to the media following oral arguments in the Masterpiece Cakeshop vs. Colorado Civil Rights Commission case at the Supreme Court in Washington, US, December 5, 2017.

June 5, 2018 Amicus Briefing

Amicus curiae regarding the Special Jurisdiction for Peace

June 5, 2018 News Release

Colombia: Mend Transitional Justice Law

Amicus Brief to High Court Details Flaws

June 5, 2018 Commentary

Nepali Mothers and an Irish Daughter

Nepal Was Far Ahead of Its Neighbors in Protecting Reproductive Rights

Women activists lie down on the road during a protest demanding women’s rights in the constitution in Kathmandu, Nepal, August 7, 2015.

June 5, 2018 Commentary

Israel’s Human Rights Violations: France Should Show The Way

French President Emmanuel Macron and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attend a joint news conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France December 10, 2017. © 2017 Reuters

June 4, 2018 News Release

Kenya: Police Threaten Activists Reporting Abuse

End Intimidation, Ensure Justice for 2017 Elections Abuses

An opposition supporter gestures in front of policemen during clashes in Kawangware slum in Nairobi, Kenya October 30, 2017.

June 4, 2018 News Release

US: FBI’s Encryption Statistics Inflated

Investigate Flawed ‘Going Dark’ Claims

June 4, 2018 Letter

Letter to Department of Justice Inspector General Requesting Investigation into FBI's Device Miscalculation

June 4, 2018 Letter

Eritrea: Extend UN Special Rapporteur mandate, help end generalized impunity

To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Geneva, Switzerland

Eritrean refugees hold placards during a protest against the Eritrean government outside their embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel May 11, 2015.

June 4, 2018 Commentary

Take Serious, Not Symbolic, Steps to Reform Uganda Police

Riot police block a driveway leading to the home of leading opposition politician and Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party presidential candidate Kizza Besigye on the outskirts of Uganda's capital Kampala, February 20, 2016.

June 4, 2018 Commentary

Long Road for Kenya to Marriage and Property Equality

Two widows in eastern Zimbabwe, facing harassment from in-laws who are trying to force them to vacate their homes and fields. Rural Eastern Zimbabwe, October 2016.

June 4, 2018 Statement

Central African Republic: Parliament Adopts Special Criminal Court Rules

Prosecutor Should Move Ahead with Investigations

Congolese Special Prosecutor Toussaint Muntazini (R) and the five other judges of the Special Criminal Court (SCC)

June 4, 2018 News Release

Morocco: Another Crackdown on Protests

Excessive Force, Arrests, Prisoner Abuse in Mining Town

Riot police block demonstrators during a job protest after two miners died while working in a clandestine coal mine, in Jerada, Morocco, December 27, 2017. © 2017 Reuters

June 3, 2018 Dispatches

Myanmar’s Proposed Rakhine Commission Latest Sham

Security Council Referral to ICC Only Real Hope for Justice

June 3, 2018 News Release

Bahrain: Exonerate, Free Nabeel Rajab

Prosecution Should Drop Charges in ‘Tweets Case’

Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab arrives for his appeal hearing at court in Manama, February 11, 2015.

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